Margaret McClendon Rearing Lab
Building A331 - Insect Rearing Facility (INRF)
The Margaret McClendon Rearing Laboratory was constructed in 1991 and provides outstanding facilities for rearing numerous insect species. The 3,360 sq. ft. laboratory has five large temperature-controlled rooms which house aphids, corn earworm, soybean looper, thrips, and tobacco budworm. An independent HEPA-filter air exchange system controls two of these rooms. One laboratory is dedicated to diet preparation and another to handling the insects themselves. Two other small laboratories are dedicated to research programs working directly with culture insects.
